Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.04%), followed by Haywood County (50.68%), and Hardeman County (41.85%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 54.04 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.68 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.85 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.52 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 33.68 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.22 |
| 7 | Davidson County | 28.04 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 27.71 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 19.98 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 19.65 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.6 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.49 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 14.82 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.1 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.01 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.78 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.68 |
| 18 | Trousdale County | 10.47 |
| 19 | Giles County | 10.44 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 10.36 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.12 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.95 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.37 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 7.89 |
| 25 | Henry County | 7.73 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 7.73 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.64 |
| 27 | Sumner County | 7.28 |
| 28 | Bledsoe County | 7.03 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 6.94 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 6.81 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 6.76 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 6.55 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 5.96 |
| 34 | Franklin County | 5.13 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 4.92 |
| 36 | Hickman County | 4.87 |
| 37 | Hamblen County | 4.43 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.38 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.35 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 4.14 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 4.02 |
| 42 | McMinn County | 3.87 |
| 43 | Marion County | 3.86 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.66 |
| 45 | Warren County | 3.61 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 3.6 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.38 |
| 48 | Decatur County | 3.1 |
| 49 | Blount County | 2.99 |
| 50 | Houston County | 2.98 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.72 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.71 |
| 53 | Moore County | 2.4 |
| 54 | Benton County | 2.37 |
| 55 | Johnson County | 2.36 |
| 56 | Putnam County | 2.28 |
| 57 | Perry County | 2.27 |
| 57 | Sullivan County | 2.27 |
| 58 | Rhea County | 2.26 |
| 59 | Smith County | 2.23 |
| 60 | Monroe County | 2.18 |
| 61 | Jefferson County | 2.16 |
| 62 | Greene County | 2.13 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 2.06 |
| 64 | DeKalb County | 2.01 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 1.98 |
| 66 | White County | 1.83 |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 1.76 |
| 68 | Cheatham County | 1.74 |
| 69 | Stewart County | 1.72 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 1.61 |
| 71 | Clay County | 1.57 |
| 72 | Carter County | 1.51 |
| 73 | Loudon County | 1.48 |
| 74 | Meigs County | 1.45 |
| 75 | Hawkins County | 1.44 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 1.22 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 1.13 |
| 78 | Macon County | 0.97 |
| 79 | Van Buren County | 0.84 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.8 |
| 81 | Sequatchie County | 0.67 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.65 |
| 83 | Grundy County | 0.63 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.63 |
| 84 | Overton County | 0.62 |
| 85 | Unicoi County | 0.51 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 0.47 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 0.42 |
| 88 | Campbell County | 0.41 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.38 |
| 90 | Union County | 0.29 |
| 91 | Scott County | 0.19 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 0.18 |